Social Calendar of Local Clubs and Meetings
Notices list upcoming meetings and events from Wednesday to Saturday across multiple groups. Sessions include Linger Longer Club postposed, Ainsworth CBS, St Paul Women's Guild sewing, Knights of Columbus card party, and Washington Saddle Club potluck, among others with times and venues at churches, halls, and buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Building
HEO Club
Don Applegate
St. Paul Women's Guild
Knights of Columbus
KC Hall
Friendly Circle Club
Marion Augustine
Washington Saddle Club
Farm Bureau
Legion Hall
Dean Hartzell
First Presbyterian Adult Fellowship
Robert Huber
Washington Do
Court House
Mrs. Rouse Hosts Handcraft Historical Program
Nineteen Handcraft members met with Mrs. FE. L. Rouse on Tuesday for a session led by Mrs. Lloyd Neiswanger. New Year resolutions were read in response to the roll call. Mrs. B. C. Briley organized the program and introduced Charles Hotle and John Owen of the Historical Society, who shared insights on Washington County history with landmarks photographs. The group discussed early local history and planned a basket weaving and cooking demonstration at the Iowa Southern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handcraft
FE. L. Rouse
Lloyd Neiswanger
B. C. Briley
Charles Hotle
John Owen
The
Historical Society
Washington County
Suzannah Girls Cancel January Meeting
Suzannah Girls cancel their January gathering due to members busy schedules. The next meeting is set for February on the regular date, per group advisor Mrs. Don Batterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzannah Girls
Don Batterson
Sewette Club Meets With Mrs Doggett In January Edition
All ten members of the Sewette Club gathered with Mrs. Dale Doggett on Tuesday evening. Guests included Mrs. Bob Ruppert and Mrs. Ruth Robins. Mrs. Paul TeBockhorst won the door and game prizes amid news that dues are cut to one dollar for next year. TeBockhorst to host a coffee for Mrs. Carl Dallmeyer’s birthday on January 16. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Doggett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewette Club
Dale Doggett
Bob Ruppert
Ruth Robins
Paul TeBockhorst
Te Bockhorst
Carl Dallmeyer
Doggett
John P. Jones Golden 60th Anniversary Party
Mr and Mrs John P Jones celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with an open house at 2 Union Street Columbus Junction on Sunday January 7 from 1 to 4 p.m. They request no gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Jones
Union Street
Columbus Junction
Mrs. Boshart Presides At YW Council Meeting
Mrs William Boshart presided at the YWCA council meeting Tuesday evening with 12 members present. December saw 642 room users and the community room used four times by VW. The next Employed Women's luncheon is set for January 10 with Betty McConnell as speaker. Mrs James Harris resigned after over three years on the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Boshart
Ywca Council
Betty McConnell
James Harris
Legal professionals directory listing
Professional directory entry for Stewart and Shearer attorneys at law with Richard A. Stewart and Paul V. Shearer in office at 115 East Washington. George F Morrison, Ford Morrison, and Ira Morrison also listed with Morrison and Morrison at 213 South Marion Avenue. Edmund D Morrison Jr and James E Lloyd noted at 211 West Washington with OL 38-2924 phone line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
East Washington
George F. Morrison
Gifford Morrison
Ira Morrison
South
Marion Ave
Morrison & Morrison
Edmund D. Morrison Jr
James E. Lloyd
West
Washington
Mrs. Snakenberg Fetes DAR Chapter in Tama Native Tribes Talk
Washington Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution met at Mrs. Paul Snakenberg's home with Mrs. John Cherry presiding. Mrs. Hattie Carpenter presented a paper on the Tama Indian tribe's homes, foods, dress, education and religion while Buffalo nickels supported George Youngbear’s Parsons College tuition. Contributions allocated to National Library fund State Promotion fund Museum fund and Tamassee School. Next meeting set with Mrs. Carpenter at 2 p.m. Feb. 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daughters of American Revolution
Paul Snakenberg
John Cherry
Hattie Carpenter
Tama
George Youngbear
Parsons College
Fairfield
National Library Fund
State Promotion Fund
Museum Fund
Tamassee School
Rose Reid
E. E. Ward
DAR
Cherry
Carpenter
Grain futures edge higher on Chicago markets
UPI reports grain quotes with soybeans leading gains and wheat corn oats rye trading within narrow ranges. December soybeans at 219, nearby wheat at 211, corn around 109 to 117, oats near 74, rye mid 120s, reflecting mixed activity and small percentage changes across maturities.
City Officials Listed for Town Governance
The council members and city officers are named including Mayor Cloud Willits. Council-Tom Tanner Wayne Davis Ray Minick Phil Kneen Ralph Marshall Dale Fuhr. City Clerk John Lowash. Treasurer C P Weldin. Solicitor John C Owen. Supt water and lights Glen Yoder. Supt sewers Raymond Miller. Police Chief Clarence Lee. Fire Chief Maynard L Brown. First assistant Tom Tanner second assistant Walter Starr. secretary treasurer Dean Cox. first fire truck driver Loren D Robertson second driver John Green. Street Commissioner Orville Long. Park Commissioners Hugo Lensch Ralph Bauer Jay Brewer. TOKYO (UPI) Golf in Japan expands with 200 courses and growing. caddies are mostly girls, carrying clubs for 14 hole rounds at 3 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Starr
Fire Department
Dean Cox
Loren D. Robertson
John Green
Orville Long
Hugo Lensch
Ralph Bauer
Jay Brewer
Students Return to College After Holidays
Nancy Wilson resumed studies at Iowa State University Ames after a holiday visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs Lyle Wilson. Gary Leeper departed Tuesday to continue studies at Wartburg College Waverly after a holiday stay with his mother Mrs Ferne Leeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Wilson
Iowa State University
Ames
Mrs
Lyle Wilson
Gary Leeper
Wartburg College
Waverly
Ferne Leeper
Pat Gilpin
Evanston
Lil
Northwestern
Mike Gilpin
Parsons College
Fairfield
A. J. Gilpin
Gilpins
John
Margaret
Tony
Oskaloosa
Hospital Admissions and Birth in Washington
Hospital admits include Mrs Eva Fish O M Himmelreich and Mrs Allie Mowery all in Washington for medical reasons. Births report a daughter to Mr and Mrs William H Jones in Washington. Discharged today is Robert Stewart from Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Fish
Washington
O. M. Himmelreich
Allie Mowery
William H. Jones
Final rites for Ernest Downs held in Brighton
Tuesday services at Jones Funeral Home for Ernest Downs were led by Rev. Richard Peterson at 3 30 p m. Pallbearers included Ed Wolf Sperry Easte r Lee Suppel and Ralph Smith. Burial followed in Hillcrest Cemetery at Brighton.
Jensens Host Nurses Association Meeting Evening
Mr and Mrs Norman Jensen entertained 17 Nurses Association members at the Nurses Home Tuesday evening. Mrs Harry Suter presented three American Cancer Society cancer films on prevention and treatment. Mrs Holger Christensen led the business meeting and refreshments were provided by Mrs Victor Masson Mrs Max Lee Miss Emily Bayliss and Mrs Lloyd Swift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Jensen
The
Nurses Association
Nurses Home
Harry Suter
American Cancer Society
Holger Christensen
Victor Masson
Max Lee
Emily Bayliss
Lloyd Swift
On The Record New Cars
Forest W Mitchell Mercury Leonard P Beauregard GMC truck Franklin J Rich Ford Wilma L Swartzendruber Volks wagen Wm E Martin Ford Velma M Bender Ford Kenneth J Patterson Cushman motorcycle Cecil D Shettler Mercury Ralph E Fane Mercury Leo F or Karen L Schafer Ford.
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Forest W. Mitchell
Mercury
Leonard P. Beauregard
GMC Truck
Franklin J. Rich
Ford
Wilma L. Swartzendruber
Volkswagen
Wm. E. Martin
Velma M. Bender
Kenneth J. Patterson
Cushman Motorcycle
Cecil D. Shettler
Ralph E. Fane
Leo F. Or Karen L. Schafer
Miss Ann McBee Takes Clerk of District Court Post
Local note: Miss Ann McBee started this week as Clerk of the District Court replacing Mrs. Shirley Dodson Miller who resigned. The report covers a series of social visits to Ames and nearby towns during the holiday season, with relatives and friends from Peoria Geneva and Iowa towns listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann McBee
the District Court
Shirley Dodson Miller
Thompson to brief Allies on Berlin talks with Gromyko
U S ambassador Llewellyn E Thompson was due to report to British and French envoys on progress from exploratory Berlin talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. No details were released, and no immediate follow up meetings were planned while Washington reviews the first conference outcomes. Khrushchev called for peaceful coexistence and disarmament in a New Year statement echoed by Izvestia.
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Moscow
UPS
U.S
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Frank Roberts
Maurice de Jean
Thompson
Gromyko
Washington
Nikita’ S. Khrushchev
Roberts
Izvestia
Khrushchev
Akers to seek 13th term as state auditor
Des Moines Iowa Chet Akers 73 a Republican and long time state official announced his bid for a 13th term as state auditor in the June Republican primaries. He first won the post in 1938 and has been re elected every two years since. Akers from Frederic Iowa worked in coal sales at Ottumwa and attended Ottumwa Commercial College. He is married with one son and a World War I veteran who served as a state American Legion officer.
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Des Moines
UPI
Chet Akers
Akers
Frederic
Iowa
Ottumwa
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Ainsworth
Masonic Temple
Rebekah Lodge
LOOF
VFW
UPW
Ruth Nolin
Steve Wiggers
Ainsworth Oes
Robert Kientz
Brighton
Roberta
Ronald Statler
Donald Statler
Brighton High School
State University of Iowa
Mrs. Rouse
Iowa Southern
Mrs. Doggett
Mrs. Boshart
YW Council
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffrey Bldg
Livingston, Day & Bates
Robert Day
Robert Bates
West Main S
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
Optometrists
John W. Lemmon
D.D
Lemmon Jewelry
R. Q. Eastland
Irs
Mrs. Snakenberg
Chicago
Divot Diggers
Tokyo
Japan
Wolf's Flower Shop
Evening Journal
Robert Stewart
Riverside
Jensens
Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
Olympia
Tork Gazette
Washington County Hospital
Alan Reid
H. Benny Buffington
Rt. 1
Wapella
Bonnie Sue
Russell L. Miller
Kalona
Laura Lee
George B. Miller
Patricia Kaye
David Eugene Booth
North
Marion
City
Angela Sue
Richard Bean
Stotewide
Russell Moreland
Michael
Bruce and
Phillip
Leo C. Stone
John Bell
Peoria, Ill
YMCA
Nancy
Jo Ellen
David Sanderson
Peoria
Bell
Adolph Havel
Oak Park
Ill
Roy Havel
LeRoy Havel
Richard and
Alma Havel
Norman Havel
Prairie City
Debbert Havel
Montezuma
Mae Janecek
Havels
Martin
Joe Simmering
Bartonsville
Sgt
Norman Simmering
Pam
Debbie
Simmering
169Th
Glenn (Bucky) Eige
Marshalltown
Glenn Eige
Ray Coffin
Ramona
Clifford Eatinger
Pleasant Plain
Glen Heston
Richland
Chester Eatinger
Dale
Maude Statler
Kenneth Coffin
Everett Pencil
Ray Coffins
George Boughner
Preston Harvey
Ernest Rudolph
Mary Harvey
Beulah West
Hannah Provance
Blanche Harvey
Duane Daering
Richard Harvey
Truman Hysell
Phillip Kneen
Frank Longwell
Colorado
Greenfield
Hans Tirring
Hugh
Kecta
Pat Powtaast
Poe
Ola Vitol
Helena Rubinstein
Cece
T. Phoresis
Witamye
AEG A
Ay Rvers
Ulta
Ceeas
Tan
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